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How to deep fry a turkey (Part 1)

Tom Marba from Sacramento City Fire shares tips and has a list of precautions you should follow when deep frying a turkey.

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Updated: 9:12 AM PST Nov 27, 2013

How to deep fry a turkey (Part 1)

Tom Marba from Sacramento City Fire shares tips and has a list of precautions you should follow when deep frying a turkey.

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WEBVTT WELCOME BACK ON THIS DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING. WE'RE OUT ON THE KCRA 3 PATIO, WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITE SEGMENTS, HOW TO DEEP FRY A TURKEY. FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO LOTS OF CALLS ON HOW FRYING A TURKEY CAN GO WRONG. BIGGEST TIP THAT YOU LIKE TO PASS ALONG. NEVER TRY TO FRY A TURKEY WHEN YOU'RE INTOXICATED. TOM GAVE US HIS LITTLE LIST OF TALKING POINTS AND NUMBER ONE, DO NOT DRINK AND FRY. IS THAT TYPICALLY WHEN YOU HEAD OUT TO A HOUSE WHERE THEY'VE HAD A CALL LIKE THIS AND TYPICALLY WHAT YOU FIND? PEOPLE GET STUPID WHEN THEY GET DRUNK AND THAT'S WHEN ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS. SO AFTER YOU DO THAT, YOU GET THE BIRD ALL READY, YOU ARE READY TO GO AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS PIECE ATTACHED IN, YOU'RE READY TO GO. ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU READY TO HEAD OVER THERE? LET'S HEAD OVER. CARRY IT OVER FOR YOU? SURE. HOW BIG IS THE TURKEY? I WOULD SAY AN 11-POUNDER. AND THEN HOW HOT IS THE OIL? THE OIL IS AT 300 DEGREES. IS THAT ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT? I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO LET THE TEMPERATURE GET UP TO 350,. AND YOU'RE GOING REALLY SLOW. YES. YOU NEVER REALLY WANT TO DROP A TURKEY INTO THE OIL. YOU WANT TO LOWER IT IN SLOWLY. LET THE OIL CATCH UP TO IT. AND THEN SLOWLY RELEASE. SO AROUND THE AREA WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE FRYER, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. OBVIOUSLY, YOU WANT TO BE OUTSIDE. OUTSIDE. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE CLEARANCE ABOVE AND AROUND YOU. A LEVEL SURFACE, PREFERABLY A GRASSY SURFACE, BUT IF YOU'RE ON CEMENT, YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOUR CEMENT IF YOU DON'T WANT OIL STAINS ON IT. PUT SOMETHING UNDERNEATH TO PROTECT THE CEMENT. OK. THEN YOU HAVE THE PROPANE TANK STRETCHED OUT. AS FAR AS IT CAN GET AWAY FROM THE FLAMES, YES. YOU ALWAYS THE NICE HEAVY DUTY GLOVES AS YOU'RE LOWERING THE TURKEY. IN ADDITION TO THESE, WHAT OTHER SAFETY THINGS SHOULD WE HAVE AROUND HERE, JUST IN CASE THINGS GO SOUTH. FIRE EXTINGUISHER, WHICH IS SITTING OVER THERE. YOU HAVE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE WEARING LONG SLEEVES, JUST IN CASE OF SPLASH. YOU PREFERABLY STATE GLASSES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU LOWER WITH USING TWO PEOPLE AND A POLE FOR SAFETY REASONS. JUST SO YOU KEEP BACK FROM THE OIL. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. I LOVE THE TASTE OF DEEP FRIED TURKEY. OH, IT'S WONDERFUL. WHAT DID YOU BEASTS THIS WITH? I INJECTED IT WITH SOME OLD NUMBER 7 BARBECUE SAUCE, JACK DANIELS. YOU USED THE JACK. YES. ALL GOOD. AND THEN I DID A DRY RUB. AND BASICALLY, THAT'S ALL I DID TO IT THIS TIME. OK. LET'S JUST SAY SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING STUPID, THEY KNOCK THIS THING OVER, FIRE STARTS. OBVIOUSLY, WE CALL 911. IN THE MEANTIME BEFORE YOU GET THERE, WHAT'S OF THE NUMBER ONE THING WE SHOULD DO? STAY AWAY. STAY AWAY FROM IT. DON'T TRY TO PUT IT OUT. OIL, I MEAN, WATER ON THE OIL, JUST SPREADS THE FIRE. SO YOU CALL 911, LET US DO OUR JOB. AND DO NOT DRINK AND FRY. CORRECT.

How to deep fry a turkey (Part 1)

Tom Marba from Sacramento City Fire shares tips and has a list of precautions you should follow when deep frying a turkey.